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The Turkish Ballot-Box Revolt That Wasn't

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The local elections in Ankara and Istanbul in March 2014, with the AKP's continuing hold on power by winning over half the vote. The CHP and other parties split the remaining vote.

Turkey's local elections in Istanbul and Ankara in March 2014- the AKP and a deeply divided Turkey

04/01/2014

The election of AKP party members in Istanbul and Ankara mayoral elections, with the AKP winning over half the vote and the CHP and other parties splitting the remaining votes. As the WSJ editorial on the same day points out the economic boom on which the AKP contested the election is already coming to an end with the end to surging credit. By winning just over half the vote in an election with suppression of freely expressed media opinion, the AKP has left Turkey as badly divided as before. The rise of the AKP based on Turkey's economic performance for the last decade, may lead the AKP to lose sight of the fact that this was for a significant part an improvement that has taken place across all emerging markets from Brazil to India, and which is gradually unwinding. A deeply divided nation will find it difficult to attract the kind of foreign investment Turkey needs to move forward, especially considering that credit expansion and foreign investment has financed Turkey's boom, not its manufacturing competitiveness.

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